Looking to buy: plastic cover/sheath to cover my shrouds up to 6ft up.

[CarinaPDX]

Listen to the warnings! The close-fitting shroud covers allow dirt and moisture to accumulate, leading to green growth and corrosion beneath. They are a very bad idea, as I can confirm from experience. Do not use them - let the stainless be exposed so it can protect itself.

Greg

[Cheechako]

Originally Posted by Orion Jim

https://www.defender.com/search.html...%20%26%20Boots

You’re welcome.

These are the ones to use, they don't break down in the sun. The theory of corrosion inside a tight cover is a good theory, but I have almost always seen the worst corrosion at the uncovered end fittings anyway.
But do you really want them?

[Mike Banks]

I used white PVC conduit. Ten bucks a length I think it was--one length did two shrouds. Stops sail chafe.

[billgewater]

On the lifelines around my deck area, the stainless wires are plastic covered. (easier on hands)Some were covered with a white plastic which has basically disintegrated over the years. Some of the covers were replaced using garden black irrigation tubing. It is essentially indestructible. When I had metal wire rigging I used the same stuff. Cheap and lasts forever. The trick is to put it on prior to doing any swaging as the slitting of the tubing is a pain. Only comes in black though.

[Kd9truck]

I ran PVC pipe though a table saw, I used acetone OT get the printed trade name off of it.

[Seman]

I installed
D-Line Cable Spiral Wrap | Cable Management ... - Amazon.com
on my shrouds 45 feet up in 2016. 30000nm and still there, still flexible and slippery.

[chriswheat]

I had shroud rollers on my first boat https://www.defender.com/search.html?q=612173&x=0&y=0 and they were nice, but it sounds like you've found what you were looking for.

[lee5655]

Pool noodles are cheap andeasy to cut.

[s/v Jedi]

I’m with the group against putting anything around stainless steel. It’s trouble in at least 3 ways and it’s simply not true that uncovered stainless steel is worse off than covered